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Winter is just around the corner, it actually snowed a little bit in Denmark the other day! That calls for lots of cozy times and self-care practices, to help with the mood and make the cold and dark Winter times a bit more enjoyable.

Here are 7 Cozy Winter Self-Care Practices

1. Drybrush your Skin

During Winter your skin tends to get a lot more dry. Something that can help with this is dry brushing your skin (preferably every day, or just before you take a shower). Dry brushing helps mildly exfoliate the skin and get rid of dead skin cells.

3. Take a Footbath

Is there anything better than snuggling under a blanket, with a cup of tea, and a warm footbath while watching a good movie? I absolutely that I love this. Winter is the perfect time to give your feet some love, especially now that they are locked inside big boots for many months. I like to make a footbath with some epsomsalt and lemon juice.

5. Light a Candle

Winter time calls for candles. Am I right? It just creates such a cozy and comforting vibe to see candles lit inside your home.

6. Time for Tea

I can basically drink tea all year long, but Winter time especially calls for those warm drinks. Whether that be herbal teas, hot cacaos or a delicious smelling chai lattes. Pour yourself a warm drink, grab a blanket, light the candles and engage in a lovely book, your favourite movie or have a great talk with your best friends.

7. Yin Yoga

I might be a bit biased here, but Cathrine (my boss) has really showed me the wonders of Yin Yoga. Yin yoga is a very slow and deep yoga practice. You stay in each pose for 3-5 minutes, and you thereby get really deep into the stretches. It feels amazing, and it is so relaxing and it really calms you down. Yin yoga also calls for warm clothes and you usually finish off with a blanket over you in Savasana. You can either take a physical yin yoga class, or you can do it at home by fx using Yogavivo.

What are your favourite things to do during the Winter, to make life a little bit more enjoyable? Share them in the comments, and let’s inspire each other!

/This past week has been filled with lovely things, and unfortunately I’ve not been able to capture every moment on camera. But I’ve spend time with some lovely friends, my family, been to a birthday in Jylland and been the dentist (which really isn’t that exciting, but she told me my teeth’s looked fine, and that was of course good news) 😉

/I’ve bought some compostable bags from Maistic, and never in my life had I imagined that I would be so enthustiastic about something like that – but look at me now, being overly excited about everything that has to do with sustainability!

/I’ve been drinking tea, tea, tea – and some more tea! And some matcha latte’s, and a single cup of chai latte on a café while I was reading homeworks. That is probably the best thing about the weather getting colder, that you have a good excuse for drinking warm drinks all the time!

/I’ve been reading this interesting book “Beauty Foods*”, which I can recommend for all interested in natural beauty (we are talking vegetables, water, vitamins, minerals etc. – as you know, beauty comes from within).

/I’ve begun with some aromatherapy at home, and I’ve used this lavender essential oil* in a little bowl with water in the evening, while drinking a cup of herbal tea and read in a good book – and that really is the perfect recipe for calming down and getting ready for a good night’s sleep!

*Affiliate links have been used, this mean that if you buy through this link then I will get a percentage of the sale.

/I went to see the documentary River Blue in Empire Bio which was an event hosted by Sustain Daily. Afterwards there was a little debate about sustainable clothing production and an after party at Res Res.

/ Sunday was spend with a lot of preparation for this week (washed clothes, meal prepping, bought groceries and read some homeworks), but it was also spend relaxing, some yoga at home and lots of tea <3

One of the best things that I know of is to have days where I focus on selfcare. Where you don’t have to do anything else except taking care of yourself, having a cozy time, relaxing and do what you love the most. But it doesn’t have to be an entire day, you can just incorporate some of the small cozy rituals into your every day life and it will make a huge difference on your day and your general mood.

DrybrushingDrybruhsing* is a wonderful way to feel like you are really treating yourself and your body. All you have to do is dry brush your body, and this will get your blood circulation going which stimulates your cells. I love to dry brush my body and afterwards either take a bath, or give myself an oil massage – then I really feel like I am doing something good for myself and my body.

OilsI really love oils. I love to put it on my body, in my face, in my hair etc. I think that oils are fantastic, and I really feel like they go in and nourish my body. There are tons of different oils which all can something differently. I typically use coconut oil for my body when I’m giving myself an oil massage, or just after the shower, and for the face I use either almond- or jojoba oil (preferably mixed with some rosehip seed oil and some e-vitamin oil).

A good cup of teaNever underestimate a good cup of tea. I drink so much tea that my boyfriend thinks it is hilarious, he always asks me “how many cups of tea have you had today?”. I love the warmth, and the tea really help to keep me warm, and then there is just something cozy about drinking a warm cup of tea.

Delicious snacks, fx chocolate If you are going to have a real good time, you also need some kind of snacks. It doesn’t have to be unhealthy snacks. There are tons of delicious healthier snacks, fx dark chocolate, healthy snrickersbites, or some fruit is also wonderful.

Something good to readIt can be a magazine, or book. I love to dive into a good book, with a lovely cup of tea and something to snack on. It is probably one of the best things that I know of, and it really makes me relax. You can read some book recommendations from me and Cathrine right here.

Cozy clothesIf you are really going to have a cozy time, you also need to feel cozy and comfortable. The best is to sit in a big knitted sweater, pyjamas pants and some thick socks beneath a good blanket – am I right?

CandlesCandles are just cozy. I love to burn candles, and I prefer soy candles (you can read why, right here), and else my himalayan salt lamp also helps to create a cozy atmosphere.

Having time for yourself, and time to do what you want is essential if we want to feel good. If you run around from one thing to the next, it can be difficult to figure out what you actually want, and you can get stressed out and exhausted.

Well, at least I can. Therefore I try my best not to schedule too many things every single day, but instead try to have some free time in my calendar, so there is also room for quiet, relaxing and some selfcare time.

My best ways to relax, and have some me-time, is by:

– drinking a cup of nice warm tea– dive into an interesting or fascinating book– going for walks outside in nature– doing yoga– lid a candle – making some delicious and good food (or snacks, these healthy snicker bites are my all time favourite at the moment!)– driking a cup of tea or caffe latte with a good friend, or my mom, and just talk– watching interesting videos on youtube, or a good documentary– painting or drawing– writing down my dreams – taking care of my body, by dry brushing it, giving it a nice warm bath, or a lovely oil massage

How do you spend your me-time? And do you remember to have some me-time? If you tend to forget about it, then I’ll recommend that you spend some hours this weekend to do exactly what you want to do, and remember to enjoy it!

I thought I wanted to make a little post called ‘tea time’ once in a while, and share every time I find some new good tea. I can hardly be the only one out there who just love tea! And please share if you have some good tea which you just love, I love to try new flavors.

This tea I found in Føtex the other day and it’s called “Tummy Love” and is by Fredsted. It’s a mix of ginger, turmeric and cardamom. I fell over this one because I’ve been looking out for a new good ‘healthy’ tea, but in most of the healthy tea’s, there are licorice root in it – which I’m not really a fan of, so when I checked out the ingredienslist for this one, and saw that it did not contain that, I just had to get it. It has a healthy flavour, but also a very delicious one, and it just smells wonderful!

All in all a great week. This week is going to be great as well, and a bit busy, because it’s the last week with classes, and then it’s time for exams! But I’m also going to bake Christmas cookies together with my family, and Christmas begins this week, so I’m really excited. Hope you’ve all had a great week, and that the week to come will be just as good.

Those who know me, know that I’m a big tea-person. I don’t drink coffee, not at all. Sometimes I drink a chai latte or a caffe latte, but that is not that often. But I love, love, love tea! And I drink up to several cups a day of green tea, especially during the Winter. Tea is just so cozy to sit and warm yourself up with. Daily I drink a standard green tea, both because I like the taste and because it should be good for you. But when I’m having a cozy time or am spoiling myself, I like to drink some sweet tea with honey, mhmm!

So the other day my boyfriend and I ate at his parents house and afterwards we got a cup of tea – and I got the tea on the above picture ‘green tea with caramel’ from Tante T, and wauw! Not only did it smell amazing of caramel, but it also tasted really good. So yesterday I stopped by Tante T in Torvehallerne (in Copenhagen, right next to Nørreport Station), because I just had to get that tea. So if you are tea persons, just like me, I recommend you to try this one (but you should like the smell of caramel), because it’s wonderful.